Catheter-user&#39;s around-town apparatus.



J. F. SPALDING. CATHETER USERS AROUND-TOWN APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25

Patented June 16, 1911 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

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SPALDING, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CATHETER-USERS AROUND-TOWN APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1912.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Serial No. 693,249.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES F. SPALDING, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oatheter-Users Around-Town Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in catheter users apparatus, andthe present invention is especially adapted for use by city salesmen,canvassers, physicians, and others who have a great many calls to makearound town in the course of a day, and have frequent need for anapparatus of this character.

The apparatus is exceedingly compact in form so that it may be readilycarried in a small valise, the interior of which is provided with meansfor holding in their proper places the appliances constituting theapparatus.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will nowbe made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a section of the valise in open position on line IIII ofFig. 2, to -show the various appliances therein. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection on line III-III of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section on lineIVIV of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a broken elevation of the upper portion of aflexible urinal employed in carrying out the invention. Fig. 5 is across section on line VIVI of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a small valise 1, consisting of abody portion 2 and a lid 3, which latter is secured to the former byhinges 4, so that it may be thrown open to the position shown on Fig. 3.Lid 3 is prevented from swinging backward beyond the position shown onFig. 3, by a chain 5 attached at its ends to eyes 6 and 7 secured to oneside of body 2 and lid 3, respectively. Body 2 is reinforced by a falsebottom 8, and lid 3 with a false lid 9, which serve as substantialsupporting means for the various holding devices employed to secure theappliances in place when not in use.

10 designates a sponge-containing bowl permanently secured in body 2,near one corner thereof, by a U-shaped holder 11, a narrow space beingleft between said bowl and the front side of body 2 to receive a towel12.

13 designates a'soap-hololer removably-secured in one corner of body 2by a loop 1 1.

15 designates a pair of hangers secured in one side of body 2 by a clasp16. Each hanger 15 is provided with a short piece of chain 17, securedthereto by a loop 18 and provided at its lower end with a ring 19, for apurpose which will hereinafter appear.

20 designates an extensible cap-band which is held in one corner of theapparatus by clasps 21 and 22, secured to the bottom and rear wall,respectively, of body 2. Said capband 20 has a vizor 23 hinged theretoand provided at its upper side with a hood 24: containing aspring-actuated spool carrying a chain or cable 25, provided at itsouter end with a catheter clasp 26 for supporting a catheter preparatoryto using the same. As cap-band 20 and the parts carried thereby havebeen fully described in my eopending application filed July 5, 1911,Serial No. 636,987, further description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

28 designates a flexible urinal held in position on the bottom of body 2by the capband 20 and the hangers 15, which extend over said urinal. Theneck of urinal 28 is embraced by a removable collar 29 having a loop 30fixed to one end to receive its opposite end 32, which is secured insaid loop by a thumb-nut Projecting from opposite sides of collar 29 isa pair of hooks 34 to receive the rings 19 of the hanger-chains 17. Themouth of urinal 28 is normally closed by a stopper 35, which is attachedto collar 29 by a chain 36 to prevent said stopper from becomingmisplaced.

Referring now to the appliances carried in lid 3 of the valise, 37 and38 designate supply-cases provided at their rear sides with hooks 39 and40, adapted to engage loops 41 and l2, respectively, secured to lid 3.Supply-cases 37 and 38 are further supported by a bracket 42* and aU-shaped retaining-rod 43, which latter also holds the respectivehandles 44 and 15 of said cases in folded position so that they will notstrike any of the appliances in the body of the valise when lid 3 isclosed. Retaining-rod 13 is loosely-connected at one end to an eye 46and formed into a hook 417 at its opposite end adapted todetachably-engage eye 48, said eyes 46 and 48 being secured to lid 3, asshown on Fig. 1. Bracket 42 has a marginal lip to engage the tops of thesupplycases and thus firmly hold the latter in place. Supply-case 37contains such articles as a small lap towel 49, a flash-light 50,. abottle of alcohol 51, a collapsible tube of lubricant 52, and absorbentcotton 53. Supply-case 38 is divided into two compartments 54 and 55 forsterilized and used catheters, respectively.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, two rectangular supplycases removably secured in the lid of a valise, a bracket to assist insupporting said supply-cases, said bracket having a marginal flange toengage the tops of the supply-cases, and a rod to also assist in holdingsaid supplycases in place, said rod being loosely-secured at one end tothe lid and removably secured at its opposite end to said lid.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, a valise or the like,loops on the underside of the valise lid, two supply-cases, hooks onsaid supply cases removably-engaging the loops, and a bracket on the lidcoacting with said loops and hooks in securing the supply-cases to thelid, and a retaining rod attached to the lid to coact with the bracket,the loops, and the hooks in securing the supplycases to the lid.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES F. SPALDING.

Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, E. C. LILLIAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

